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Alcarràs

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Alcarràs

2022

Carla Simón

Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otín, Xenia Roset, Albert Bosch ...

6.8

13,723

Drama For as long as they can remember, the Solé family has spent every summer picking the peaches in their orchard in Alcarràs, a small village in Spain’s Catalonia region. But this year’s crop may well be their last, as they face eviction. The new plans for the land, which include cutting down the peach trees and installing solar panels, cause a rift in this large, tight-knit family. For the first time, they face an uncertain future and ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"It manages a light, improvisatory mastery, an immaculate hold on tone, and a grave yet sunlit tableau of an ending (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"A profoundly authentic and moving contemplation of the fragility of family, and, again, childhood (...) It’s quite remarkable that this is only [Simon's] second film"
		Guy Lodge Variety	"A beautifully observed, richly inhabited ensemble drama. (...) [A] poignant, rippling study of an extended family being forced off their farm"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"[A] stirring ensemble piece (...) faultlessly natural performances (...) a heartfelt drama about the wrenching clash between traditional agriculture and industry".
		Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"Movies about the people who grow our food, who struggle as honest land stewards in a time of heartless industry, are few and far between, making 'Alcarràs' a rare gem"
		Pamela Hutchinson Empire	"Carla Simón's film is a tender peach itself. A lament for a world slipping out of reach is brought invigoratingly to life by a vividly drawn cast of characters (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Anna McKibbin Paste Magazine	"Simón intimately understands this tragedy and lets her actors dwell on the loss of their 'beloved land'"
		Pat Brown Slant	"While 'Alcarrás' excels at building a convincing milieu, it lacks the strong sense of tension and moral urgency that its story would seem to demand (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Stephanie Bunbury Deadline	"That [Simón] has created such complex, conflicted characters and won such marvelous performances from amateurs is a testament to her powers of empathy"
		K. Austin Collins Rolling Stone	"A powerful movie about a divided family fighting for its future"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Daniela Cajías’ observational camera moves around the farm with the natural warmth of a summer breeze"
		Rafaela Sales Ross The Playlist	"In its expert blend of vivid cinematography and naturalistic performances, 'Alcarràs' creates a refined study of heritage that understands life’s permanent absence of resolution"
		Carlos Aguilar rogerebert.com	"A subtly heartsore portrait of shared crisis, at least assures us as much (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Persuasively lived-in performances give the Catalan-language picture both its urgent naturalism and its potent sense of anger and injustice (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Rory O'Connor The Film Stage	"Performances are nuanced across the board and the characters, in spite of limited screen time, are well rounded (...) [Its] small events come together to form a detailed portrait of the Solés"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is a deeply intelligent, humane drama (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paolo Kagaoan In The Seats	"Simon's film doesn’t chide these characters in dealing with their problems the way normal people do. And she finds a balance the way people in real life find it (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tara Brady Irish Times	"An entirely non-professional cast makes it seem as if the director-editor Ana Pfaff and cinematographer Daniela Cajias simply happened upon every beautifully composed sequence (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Marta Bałaga Cineuropa	"Simón is an extremely subtle filmmaker, so there aren’t any huge conversations here spelling everything out – you keep it all in"

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